Mayor Eagan's Campaign Department - October 1912

John J. Eagan, Democrat, and founder and President of The Eagan Schools of Business in Hoboken, Union Hill, Hackensack, NY and Brooklyn, ran for Congress in 1912 and was elected to the 63rd Congress. He was also the first vice president of Merchants and Manufacturers Trust Company of Union Hill, NJ.

Eagan was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was again elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924.

After Congress, Eagan resumed his former business pursuits. He served as a member and president of the Board of Education, Weehawken, New Jersey 1932-1940 and was appointed collector of taxes and custodian of school moneys of Weehawken in 1940 and collector of taxes 1941-1955. resided in Weehawken, N.J., until his death in Paramus, N.J., June 13, 1956; interment in Rosendale Cemetery, Tillson, N.Y.

From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.